Events on 12 September 59
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Sixteen Kingdoms: Jin Xiaowudi, age 10, succeeds his father Jin Jianwendi as Emperor of the Eastern Jin dynasty.
Year 1213
Albigensian Crusade: Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester, defeats Peter II of Aragon at the Battle of Muret.
Year 1229
Battle of Portopí: The Aragonese army under the command of James I of Aragon disembarks at Santa Ponça, Majorca, with the purpose of conquering the island.
Year 1309
The First Siege of Gibraltar takes place in the context of the Spanish Reconquista pitting the forces of the Kingdom of Castile against the Emirate of Granada resulting in a Castilian victory.
Year 1609
Henry Hudson begins his exploration of the Hudson River while aboard the Halve Maen.
Year 1634
A gunpowder factory explodes in Valletta, Malta, killing 22 people and damaging several buildings.
Year 1683
Austro-Ottoman War: Battle of Vienna: Several European armies join forces to defeat the Ottoman Empire.
Year 1814
Battle of North Point: an American detachment halts the British land advance to Baltimore in the War of 1812.
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Birthdays on 12 September 228
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Deaths on 12 September 95
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